According to DumbFacts.com, the 3 biggest were Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley. It's easy to say that Michael Jackson is probably the 5th biggest, so maybe Prince is the 5th or 6th.

What do you think?

EDIT: I made a mistake, sorry
[This message was edited Tue May 13 14:57:31 PDT 2003 by ChadtheRTF]

ChadtheRTF said:

But that's only three.

I point this out only because I want to know who the one you left out might be...

(And I betcha anything that if you did a survey of high schoolers, the percentage of them who know who Nixon was would be in the single digits.)

ChadtheRTF said:

I don't think Prince is even close. I doubt he'd be top 20 or perhaps even top 50. And I think Muhammad Ali would be before Michael Jackson. For that matter, I think Michael Jordan would give Michael Jackson a run for his money in that category.

Maybe he'd be in the low teens. The Beatles, Michael Jackson,Michael Jordan,Oprah,and Ali would rank higher.Possibly Madonna as well. But Prince could probably make it high on the list.

DEFINITELY not.

In Funk? Yes.

In Music? Maybe.

In western culture? Definitely not.

Maybe if "Prince" was followed by "Charles."

I know lots of people who never heard of Prince. I i know tons of people that can't name one song of him. Even Purple Rain.
Maybe it's my age, 20. Or my place, Brazil.

But he is not pop here.

ChadtheRTF said:

Western culture???

This dumbfact is actually 'The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.' - at least quote the website correctly, even if it is, as the website admits, a piece of knowledge most people couldn't care less about.

i think the phrase 'the artist formerly known as...' may be...

unfortunately the name change may be more famous than him at this point...

oh well i fucked up. plz delete this moderators. thank ya

Yeah. I think he is. Everybody else is an idiot. Don't worry about it, man.

SassyPants said:

ya beat me to it!

no.

Richard Nixon???

Jesus, he was just an American president with bad luck. That should not be enough for him to make it to Top 3. The list must have been made by Americans...

after edit

well, I just read it was for most popular people in China... then it's even stranger, unless they use the example of Richard Nixon is a sign of corrupted ways in democratic countries...
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doubt it.

there r more ppl around or dead whom u mention 2 teenagers & they recognise...
but say prince & they're like "prince of what?" or "prince who?"

stupid fux they r

no.

Not a chance.